Qin Xiaotong was immersed in the sadness of his grandfather's illness, and did not notice the strangeness of Xiao Yuan's expression, but continued Xiao Yuan's exclamation: "Have you heard of the explosion in Chinatown last year? ”

"I've heard of it, but I don't know the specific details, could it be that your grandfather's illness is related to the explosion?" Xiao Yuan took a breath, calmed his emotions, and asked.

"After the explosion, my grandfather's apprentice Xiao Yuan disappeared, some people said that he was blown to pieces, others said that he was robbed, in short, a year has passed, and no one has seen him again." Qin Xiaotong said.

"So what?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"My grandfather accepted an apprentice from Xiao Yuan in his life, and he pinned almost all his hopes on this apprentice, the apprentice's life and death are unknown, do you think he will not be sad?" Qin Xiaotong asked rhetorically.

"That's right." Xiao Yuan nodded, and felt a lot of shame in his heart for his master, when he was at the base, there were many people who made him worry about the outside world, Xia Jiuying, Mom, Lin Ran, etc., although he would also think of his two masters, but they were undoubtedly behind, after coming out of the base, he concealed his identity, but not long ago, he took a few days to go back to Huaxia and visited Xia Jiuying, his mother and Lin Ran, but he didn't think of coming to San Francisco, which was close at hand, to visit his master. I also didn't go to Berkeley to see my other master, Tong Banshan.

"And my grandfather was already sick, and his spirit has been getting worse and worse this year, especially in the last two or three months, his body has suddenly gone wrong, and he has been talking about his dead granddaughter Ning Lan all day long, as well as the apprentice Xiao Yuan who doesn't know life and death, I think this may be the two people he can't let go of in his life, so today I saw that your figure, and even your demeanor and demeanor are very similar to Xiao Yuan, I thought of letting you pretend to be Xiao Yuan to make grandpa happy." Qin Xiaotong said.

"Where is your grandfather's body now?" Qin Xiaotong's words made Xiao Yuan feel very ominous, so he asked.

"There are still people in this world who he can't rest assured of, and now he is all supported by one breath, if Xiao Yuan can stay by his side at this time, I suspect he won't last long." Qin Xiaotong said.

Xiao Yuan was silent, his master's condition was more serious than he expected, although decades of life experience in the virtual world had made him look down on life and death, but at this moment it was still difficult to calm down, and there was an urge to let go of everything to see his master.

"By the way, I don't know what your name is?" Qin Xiaotong saw that Xiao Yuan didn't speak, so he asked.

"Yuan Xiao." Xiao Yuan replied.

"Yuan Xiao?" Qin Xiaotong twisted beautifully, stared at Xiao Yuan's face, looked strange, and said, "Your name is very strange, and it turns out to be Xiao Yuan when you read it the other way around, could it be that this is fate?" ”

"It's just a coincidence." Xiao Yuan said with an indifferent smile.

"Looks like you've promised to do me a favor." Qin Xiaotong said.

"Can I refuse?" Xiao Yuan asked rhetorically.

"I can't." Qin Xiaotong raised his eyebrows and said.

"So what else are you asking, and what am I going to do next?" Xiao Yuan said.

"You come with me, I'll find someone to help you dress up, and then take you to the hospital to see my grandfather." Qin Xiaotong said.

Qin Xiaotong took Xiao Yuan out of the restaurant, went to the Hongmen Helm, took him into a room, and brought him a set of clothes after a while, this is a set of casual clothes, from style to color, it is similar to the style that Xiao Yuan was used to wearing before.

"Take off your suit and put on this outfit and I'll see." Qin Xiaotong said that when he left the base this time, Xiao Yuan not only changed his voice and appearance, but also changed his dressing style, for example, he was used to wearing casual clothes and rarely wore suits, but this time he regarded suits as daily attire.

"You're going to watch me change my clothes?" Xiao Yuan took the clothes, and when he saw that Qin Xiaotong was still in the room, he asked.

"What's so nice about you changing clothes." Qin Xiaotong pursed his lips, muttered, and turned to go out.

Xiao Yuan took off his clothes, changed into casual clothes, and called Qin Xiaotong in, naturally getting Qin Xiaotong's admiration.

"When you get to the hospital, you follow my arrangement, if grandpa asks you, I will answer, don't speak, if you show your stuffing, your reward will be gone." Qin Xiaotong took Xiao Yuan out of Hongmen Helm, and repeatedly told Xiao Yuan on the way to the hospital.

"I know." Xiao Yuan could only promise her repeatedly that he was about to see the master again, and he was also a little excited and eager in his heart, and even a little apprehensive.

The car drove into a hospital about twenty minutes away from Hongmen Zongruo, which is a private hospital run by Chinese, which has a Chinese medicine department in addition to the normal Western medicine department, and the old man Sima himself is also proficient in Chinese medicine, which should be the main reason why he chose this hospital instead of choosing a better hospital.

followed Qin Xiaotong to a courtyard at the back of the hospital that was full of green trees and resembled a nursing home, Xiao Yuan saw an old man not far away sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed by a little nurse to bask in the sun in the hospital.

Seeing the appearance of the old man Sima from a distance, although Xiao Yuan was mentally prepared, his heart still shrank involuntarily, it turned out that the old man with a childish face and strong spirits had completely changed into a different look, his face was thin, his skin was loose, and his whole body was leaning on the wheelchair loosely.

"The wind and candle are in their last years." Such a word involuntarily came to his mind.

"A year ago, my grandfather was able to kill a cow with one punch, and now it has become like this, it is all Xiao Yuan's harm." Qin Xiaotong whispered a word, let Xiao Yuan stand there and wait, she walked over, whispered a few words in the old man's ear, and then waved her hand to Xiao Yuan, motioning for him to come over.

Xiao Yuan walked over and came to the old man's side, and then heard Qin Xiaotong say, "Grandpa, look at who I brought here." ”

The old man slowly raised his head, and his originally bright eyes were dim at the moment, and this situation once again made Xiao Yuan feel heartache.

"You ......" The old man opened his mouth and said a word tremblingly, and a glimmer of brilliance flashed in his eyes, but soon it darkened again, and he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

"Grandpa, I brought Xiao Yuan to you, he's fine, are you happy?" Qin Xiaotong stood behind the old man, didn't notice the change in the old man's eyes, and spoke.

"Alas—" The old man let out a long sigh and shook his head, his eyes drooping, and he did not get up again, as if he were asleep.

Qin Xiaotong was a little disappointed, and glanced at him, Xiao Yuan shook his head, he saw the old man's eyes clearly just now, it was clear that he had already recognized himself as a fake, and it would be in vain to do anything, unless he restored his original appearance, but he couldn't do that.

Qin Xiaotong saw Xiao Yuan shaking his head, glaring at him, his cheeks bulging, but she was helpless, she was very smart, and naturally knew that her grandfather had recognized Xiao Yuan as a fake, but Xiao Yuan refused to cooperate with her in making the last attempt, which made her a little annoyed.

Xiao Yuan is in a very uncomfortable mood at the moment, the old man's situation is obviously that his mental state has affected his body, there are reasons for this, and I am afraid there are also reasons for his granddaughter Ning Lan, if he appears in front of the old man with his true face at this moment, maybe the old man's mental state can really be better, which can be imagined from the light that flashed in his eyes when he saw himself at first glance, but at this moment he can't do this, he can only watch the old man like a candle in his old age, which may be blown out by the wind at any time.

Just then, there was a sound of footsteps coming from behind him, and a surprised voice rang out.

"Xiao Yuan, are you back?"

This voice came from Guo Yulan, Qin Xiaotong's grandmother, the old lady who had been emotionally entangled with the old man for most of her life.

And when the old man heard Guo Yulan shouting Xiao Yuan, the originally lowered eyes suddenly raised again, staring at Xiao Yuan in a daze, when Guo Yulan approached, he suddenly looked very excited, his body trembled, he stood up from the wheelchair with a breath, and reached out to grab Xiao Yuan, however, before his hand reached in front of Xiao Yuan, his feet were soft, and he fell to the ground with a thud.